Forestock tip for firearms.



y Patented. August 30, 1

FFICE.

THOMAS JOHNSON. Ul? NEW HVE. CONNlIC'l`.lCt"l`. ASSEHOR YiflXCl-lEFI/.FER REPEATiXG CUT, A (URPORATIOX.

ARMS C0.. 0F NEW H'EN. GONNE( FORESTOGK TIP Fon FmEAR'Ms.

SZ'PECIFICATION fcrrning part of Letters Patent No. 768,666, dated August 30, 1904.

.,'Lyjilicaton led July 2, 1903. Serial No. 164.041. No model.)

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Be it known that l. 'luoiL-ist. Jonsson. of New Haven, in the county of .Yew llaven and State of Connecticut. have invented a new and useful Improvementin Fore-stock Tips for Firearms; and l :lo herebydeclare the following, when taken in connection withthe accompan ving drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon. to be a full. ciear. and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification. and represent. in-

Figure 1, aview partly in side elevation and partly in vertical longitudinal section of a gun provided with my improved forestock tip; Fig. 2, a view in vertical section on the line /r of Fig. 1. showing the tip, barrel. and magazine; Fig. 3. a view in transverse section on the line c of Fig. l, .showing the barrel, magazine, and forestock; Fig. L a detached view of the tip in front elevation; Fig. 5, a corresponding i'ear view thereof:v Fig. 6, a detached front end view of the magazine.

.\lv invention relates to an improvement in forestock tips for that class of irearniswhich have recoiliig barrels. the object being to produce a Simple and convenient tipfor supporting the forestock independently of the binations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

ln cariving out my invention as herein shown I employ a chambered tip formed4 with a transverseLv-arranged screw-hole 3, receiving a retaining-screw 4, the middle portion of which takes into a seiiiicircular groove 5, formed in an oblong rectangular couplingliig made. integral with and located upon the is coupled to the magazine. vThe sidewise bearing ot the screw 4 in the groove 5 holds the tip against `iongitudinal movement with "quired for its support ofA the forward e respect to the magazine, while the endwise bearing of the screw in the groove holds the tip againstv rotar)- movement witlirrespect to the magazine. rl`he tip and iiiagazii further coupled together b v the engi'igem two abutments- 8. located Iwithin the tip the edges of the lug t3, these abutments ing the end walls of a passage 9. located in the ti p, and connecting the upper and portions of the chamber 10 thereof.

lf desired, a centrally-located slot '1I be formed in the tip. 1t is thus convi as itvwere, into an elastic yoke, the two hei-s of which may be drawn together lA screw 4. so as to bring the abutments lirm bearing against they edges of the whereby the tip is held against rotatior respect to thc magazine. Y

'lhe rear edge of the tip` is formed i tenon-recess 1Q to receive a tenon 13, ft at the forward end of the forestock 1l rear end of which is formed with a corres ing tenon 15,: entered into a tenon-rece l formed in the forward end of the gun-i 1 7. The upper portion of the forest( formed with a deep groove 18. receivin clearing the-lower portion of the reo barrel 19, whichis thus embraced b v the stock as far as required for the protecti the hand of the user from the barrel z same moves forward and back. 'lhelowe tion of the tip is formed with a circular ing Q0, receiving the extremev forward e the magazine, whereby the tip is support the magazine, the rear end of which is fc with a threaded shank :21 and screwed si into a threaded hole 22 in the gun-frana will thus be seen that the forward end t forestock is supported h v the tip, whi turn -is supported by the magazine. thi end of which is rigidly' secured to the frame. The magazine provided with t Q4. The upper portion of the tip is f( with a sem-icircular clearance-opening the barrel, the lower face of which just the walls of this opening as the barrel i' back and forth. The tip thus extend around, and embraces the barrel as far 1 the deeply-grooved barrel -einhracing stock.

i tosnchconetruction. bnthold myself atfliberty to make Such changes therein 'as Jfairlyfalll within the Spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fnllytiescribcd my inventiomwlnit l clann asnew. and desire to secure by Letters Patent., is-

1. 1n a gun. the combination with a gun-A frame, of a recoiling gnn-ljmrrel, a' tubular Q magazine rigidlgv4 vsecured to the `said frame and provided at its forvmrd end with a grooved Q' coupling-lug. a harrelfembracing forestock f tip applied to the forward end of the niagaj zine by which it iS supported independently of the barrel. a screw passing transversely through the tip and engaging with the said couphnglug, and a barrel-eminacing forelQt'ock having its forward end supported by the said tip. A

2. In a gun, the combination wit-h the .gun-

frame., oi a recoiling gun-barrel. a barrel-embracing forestock,`a barrel-en?bracing fore- J' stock tip for supporting the forward end of vthe forestock, and a tabular magazine upon the forward end of which the said tip iS snpported', the Said tip having a circular opening I adaptingit to heapplied to the forward end of the magazine and also having a sexnieircular opening formed' in its upper portion to adapt it to embrace the gun-barrel.

3. In a gun, the combination with a gunframe, of a rvcoiling gun-barrel. i magazine'rigidly mounted inthe fr rel-.eml'n'acing forestock ti'pfhavin face chainhercd and formed with ment` and adapted to he applied ward end of the Amagazine which its Cole support and Qhaped to e lower portion of the gan-barrel,v a lng located upon the forward end o zine and having its edges coactin .sa-id abutments to prevent the tip` ing with resi-vect to the magazine, forsecnring the tip to the magazi 4. Ina gun-barrel, the combina gun-frame, of a recoiling gun-bar lar magazine rigidly mounted in ty L barrel-embracing forestock tip ha ner face formed with twoabutment ed to be applied t0V the forward magazine which constitutes its sand shaped to embrace the lower the gun-barrel, a'- coupling-lng loi the forward end of the ma; xzinea with the said abntments which e1 its edges to prevent the tip from ro respect to the magazine, and mean ing the tip to the magazine.

ln testimony whereof 1 have i specification in the presence ot' tw ing witnesses.- l THOMAS C. JOi

'itnesses:

FREDERIC C. EARLE, CLARA L. wenn. 

